Fairfax EggBank Blog

Did you know we have over 20,000 genes that tell our cells what to do? Of the 20,000, genetic testing technology is getting better at finding those that function well and those that don’t. But, in the absence of technology, most people who have one of these non-functioning genes never know it. That’s because genes…

Guest Blog by a Fairfax EggBank couple We were very happy with the outcome of working with Fairfax EggBank. After searching a few different egg banks, we settled on Fairfax because they had a wide variety of ethnic donors. We ended up finding an egg donor who was perfect for us. She was an unusual ethnic…

Genetic testing continues to improve at a rapid rate. Subsequently, more and more of us are finding out we are carriers of genetic conditions. We know egg donors with carrier status are healthy and do not have the condition. Despite this, knowing one of the biological parents is a carrier presents new knowledge that requires…

Genetic testing on egg donors is nothing new at Fairfax EggBank. Historically, we’ve used these results to determine whether the donor is appropriate for our donor egg program. But we’ve made a recent commitment to deepen the level of genetic information a recipient can obtain on a donor. Effective September 2018, we launched the GenPanel+…

We know the donor egg journey isn’t an easy one. Many have traveled a long and bumpy road, mired in time-consuming setbacks and heartache before reaching the decision to use an egg donor to conceive. As you pursue the donor egg process, we thought you could use some words of encouragement from an egg donor…